Shiatsudo Blog

I thought it would be nice for a change to add a testimonial to my blog. This one is a little different though since it is a sort of self-testimonial.

Last week Wednesday, I started getting a rather sharp pain in my shoulder.  Well to be precise the pain felt like it was burrowing inside the body, below Gall Bladder 21 (which is located on the top of the trapezius – basically the area most people massage if they have stiff shoulders) inside the body.  The pain didn’t feel muscular, and it was localised.  It began around mid day and steadily got worse over the afternoon and evening, until a pain that was only mildly annoying began taking all my attention over dinner – the kind of pain where you don’t want to sit still.  Anyway, my wife gave me some localised shiatsu after we had eaten, mobilising the shoulder gently and working the major points around it which are good for shoulder pain.  She worked the Small Intestine meridian down my arm and then worked thoroughly down my back, focusing on the Shu points.

The pain subsided immediately, and allowed me to get a good night’s sleep, after which it really felt like it had “come out”, leaving me with slightly stiff trapezius which eased over up over the first few hours of being awake.  Wonderful Shiatsu!

Now I’m a lucky man to have a shiatsu therapist on tap.  Obviously, not everyone has this luxury, but I think the important point here is that catching and treating an acute problem is really the best thing you can do for yourself.  We’ve all experienced the kind of annoying kinks in our necks from sleeping badly that can haunt us for days, and I’m sure that if I didn’t get some shiatsu, that my pain would have taken a lot longer to dissipate by itself.  Take care of yourself, listen to your body and don’t ignore your aches and pains!

Even shiatsu therapists need their shiatsu

Tags:gall bladder 21, Shiatsu, shoulder pain